Chicken Soup For The Twisted Mind

Month of May, 2008 is indeed a colorful, complicated, full of hope and despair for me.

My gf birthday falls on May, Mother’s Day fall on May, lucky I need not celebrate Father’s Day, and three of my close friends chose this month out of other freaking 11 months to tie their wedding knots. Congratulation on your wedding anyway, Ai Bee, Tlaysie and Yoke Ling. (Sorry guys, these ladies are taken.)

Wonder how will I look in my own wedding photo..hmm…

May also show a major change in my career, where again, I’m given the offer to pursue for greater things.

After more than half a year in Brady, I’m back working in Bukit Minyak, yes, in my old factory. I tender my resignation on 9th of May (my gf’s birthday) and shown the exit in 24hours notice. This is because Aident and Brady can be consider as direct competitors.
I’m honest during my resignation, where I told my manager straight that I’m going back to competitor.
Why I do this is because I respected all my fellow colleagues. Previously when I was offered a job in Brady, I have kept this from all my colleagues, even those who are very very close to me. And to tell you the truth, the feeling is not good at all. You have to come to face to face with them everyday for one month. How betray would they feel when they know you are going to a competitor?
And I told myself, this should never be happen again. Which is why I did what I did.

Although my 24 hours resignation, there’s is still speculation going in Brady where I’m accused to be the spy sent to Brady by Aident.
Well, I will not say I didn’t anticipate this. When I first came to Brady, I was pointed with all sorts of name in Aident too, betrayer, 25 kia.. blah blah..
Although it does not feel good to be branded with those negativity, but lucky I’m not one easily put down by other point of view.

Why should I be worried about what people think of me because I know they will think of themselves more most of the time?
If everybody can think that way, one Megan Meier would be safe.

And whatever those pessimistic low life called me, please believe in your own opinion. Do I look like a spy to you??
How could you become so friendly with me at one time but straight side with the other when rumors on me surface?

What touch me the most from the whole episode is that my ex-colleagues in Brady do stand up for me, and even manage to do a small farewell for me after my departure.

If you look close enough, you will see all the guys are wearing spectacles while the gals are not. Hmm..point to ponder.

The important question will be why I chose to leave. I’ll not talk the nature of my work in Brady, as it is consider confidential now. But travelling everyday to the island while braving through the traffic with your eyes half close and half open is definitely not a good idea.

The call from Aident HR manager come in a few weeks earlier.
FL has been on the sabbatical for two months and just return to work. Although tired from the work in Brady, going back to Aident is not a good idea at that moment. Although I did think of looking for a new job then, but it’s not that fast as I’m only in the new job for half a year. And going back to Aident definitely is not my first choice due to several reasons. I told her I would think about it but in my heart I have already thinking of turning down the offer. After two days of dragging for my feedback, I told her that I would send an email to her and KK (Aident CEO) on my decision.

I emailed out my decision of not rejoining Aident at 12.30am because I know the email will not be opened until late in the morning. And then at 12.35am, my handphones start to ring.
At 12.35am in the freaking morning, where everyone else is asleep, my CEO called me. He asked and answered all my questions, and after coaxing for half an hour, I finally gave in. It’s either I’m too easily coaxed or the CEO is a master of convincing. Well, I think it’s both, which is what makes it lethal.

I’m in dilemma since that fateful night.
On one hand, I still have unfinished projects in Brady, and my senior is four to five months pregnant (I didn’t really keep track). She will need somebody to back up her work when her time for labour has come. And it’s not helping since there’s only three of us in the HPI division. With me resigning and she goes on maternity, the burden will go to Koay.
On the other hand, how many CEO in the world would care enough for their small potatoes employee to call them in the wee hours in the morning to ask them to be back with the company. And this CEO is somebody I respected the most (if you have read my previous blog entry).

After a few sleepless night, I have finalize on my decision.
I don’t know how much this will change my life. 
One thing for sure, it will be a whole new perspective for me.

On 15th May 2008, Van has finally rejoined Aident Corporation as the Senior Sales Engineer.